Insidious

"Shortly after moving into a new house, Josh (Patrick Wilson) and Renai's (Rose Byrne) young son inexplicably falls into a coma. Increasingly strange disturbances occur in their home and they make a terrifying discovery that science cannot explain. In order to save their son and escape the malevolent entities haunting them, they move again. Only to find that it may not be the house that's haunted after all." --Container

Opinion

From Library Staff

Insidious is the movie franchise that only gets better with each movie. These movies are my absolute favourite horrors because they not only stop your heart with fear but they also tell a complex story. To really appreciate the world you must watch all four of them to see how they are all so deep... Read More »

I didn't find it very scary, but still a fun horror movie. I like the lore and story more than the scares honestly. I haven't seen the sequels, but I've heard that watching them makes the first one better.

Insidious is the movie franchise that only gets better with each movie. These movies are my absolute favourite horrors because they not only stop your heart with fear but they also tell a complex story. To really appreciate the world you must watch all four of them to see how they are all so deeply woven into each other.

Just like any other horror movie, a family moves to a new house and scary things happen; except in this movie, the family moved houses twice, thinking that moving houses was the solution. This movie definitely contained numerous amounts of unexpected jump scares. The part when Elise tells everyone what the problem was, the way she explained it gave me chills and goosebumps. The climax of this movie was really well done. I think “The further” was a good feature to add in this movie. The ending was obviously pointing out that there is a sequel. Overall, this movie might give you nightmares when you sleep.
- @leomeme of the Teen Review Board of the Hamilton Public Library

Not as impressive as the buzz, INSIDIOUS is mostly innocuous. I love Rose Byrne and Patrick Wilson, but even their acting couldn't save this unfrightening horror film. And for me not to find it scary is saying something, since GREMLINS scares me to this day. The film veers too much into the realm of supernatural sci-fi fantasy and deals less with what we've come to expect from the modern horror. It's vastly more psychological than I expected, which isn't a bad thing, but how the filmmakers handle it is what brings it down. It felt contrived and dull; it lacked panache. I failed to believe any of it. For any horror fan, I couldn't recommend it.

Didn’t really know what to expect and was super surprised with this movie. A more of a haunted house type movie than a slasher movie. Overall a different story and premise than most horror movies. Enjoyable for what it is.